OrigamiSat 1 [TITech]
The OrigamiSat 1 (OrganizatIon of research Group on Advanced deployable Membrane structures for Innovative space science Satellite) is a 3U CubeSat designed at Tokyo Institute of Technology (TITech) to demonstrate an advanced membrane space structure in orbit.
The objectives of the OrigamiSat 1 missions are:
The Origamisat system consists of four major subsystems: bus, membrane deployment system, extendable camera system, and ground station. For the bus, most components are composed of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components. This design aims at facilitating the future space demonstration of advanced space deployable structures by university/company researchers. The membrane deployment system deploys a membraneboom integrated structure. Its membrane folding pattern, called rotationally skew folding, enables the attachment of thin-film devices on the membrane, such as thin-film solar cells and thin SMA antennas. The deployable camera system takes pictures of the deployed membrane on orbit. It has an approximately 1 m length deployable mast, and the camera is installed on the tip of the deployable mast.
The CubeSat was launched into a 230 km perigee and 630 km apogee orbit with 97.4 deg.
The satellite was launched as a secondary payload from Japan in 2019 on an Epsilon (2) CLPS launch vehicle.
Nation: | Japan |
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Type / Application: | Technology |
Operator: | Tokyo Institute of Technology (TITech) |
Contractors: | Tokyo Institute of Technology (TITech) |
Equipment: | |
Configuration: | CubeSat (3U) |
Propulsion: | |
Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
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Mass: | 4 kg |
Orbit: | 488 km × 512 km, 97.30° |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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OrigamiSat 1 (FO 98, Fuji-OSCAR 98) | 2019-003B | 18.01.2019 | Ka LP-M | Epsilon (2) CLPS | with RAPIS 1, ALE 1, Hodoyoshi 2, MicroDragon, AOBA-VELOX 4, NEXUS |